Characterization of an operon encoding two c-type cytochromes, an aa3- type cytochrome oxidase, and rusticyanin in Thiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 33020

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 4781-4787

  Appia Ayme, Corinne ^a   Guiliani, Nicolas ^a   Ratouchniak, Jeanine ^a   Bonnefoy, Violaine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; RUSTICYANIN;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

THIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS;

EID: 0032755413     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.11.4781-4787.1999     Document Type: Article

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